GrubWrites

Starting from Scratch: Staring Down the Blank Screen

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Katrin Schumann asks, what happens when, after a long time writing and editing, you once again find yourself at the beginning of an entirely new project?


Some of you have been writing for a long time, and you likely have a manuscript or two going already. You may be astonished by how long it's taking to get your writing to where you want it to be—and perhaps you're learning about the utterly transformative power of deep editing.

Katrin Schumann

Books & Reading Craft Advice New Writing The Writing Life

Everything Novel: Three Authors Share Edits Made to their Latest Novels  

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Last month at DeadDarlings, we were lucky enough to speak with three authors who’ve recently had new novels released. You can read the full interviews with Jenna Blum, Julia Fine, and Rebecca Makkai on our site, but we thought it would be fun for us to share what edits they took on before publishing their latest work. 

 

 

Jenna Blum, best-selling author and Grub Instructor

Jenna Blum, a 20-year Grub Street teacher and New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us (Harcourt, 2002) and The Stormchasers (Dutton, 2010), has just published her …

The Editors at Dead Darlings

Books & Reading Interviews The Writing Life

Craft, Process & Finding the Life: Jamel Brinkley Talks to Jonathan Escoffery

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Jamel Brinkley's debut collection, A Lucky Man, has garnered great praise from all corners of the literary community. According to Publishers Weekly, the nine stories in Brinkley’s promising debut address persistent issues of race, class, and masculinity across three decades of New York City’s history.

Colwill Brown

Books & Reading Grub News Interviews The Writing Life

Tips on Getting Those Dreaded 'Blurbs' for Your Book

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Asking for endorsements from established writers for your upcoming book can be a cringe-worthy endeavor. Katrin Schumann looks at how to do it right.

 

 

Does it influence you when a writer you admire endorses a book you're considering buying? For most readers, seeing killer blurbs from known names can make the difference. 

Katrin Schumann

Books & Reading The Writing Life

#LiterallyRelated: How to Be Good to Yourself & Your Community

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Inspired by Grub Instructor Jonathan Escoffery's essay Bad Literary Citizen: When Is It Ok to Protect Your Head Space? Grub’s Editorial Intern Sarah Sturman scours the literary internet to find articles, essays, and other resources that engage in the debate surrounding literary citizenship—how and when to give back, today’s citizenship classism, and why it’s okay to focus on your own work.

 

 

In his GrubWrites post on literary citizenship, Grub Instructor Jonathan Escoffery poses a good question, one that many people seem to struggle with: when is it okay to refrain from acts of literary citizenship in order …

Sarah Sturman

The Writing Life